Star descends as human being

Motif

Star descends as human being.

Mythological motifs. · Cosmogony and cosmology. · The heavens. · The stars. Note: the question of implicit meanings assumed by the proponents of "astralmythology" is not discussed here; only explicit statements in original sources are considered. · Creation and condition of the stars. · view the constellation · filed as A762

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Scholars’ trail — 3references

The index’s own references — the collections where scholars sighted this story-shape, tradition by tradition. Titles on our shelf are live links; the rest is the frontier, not yet shelved.

PersianCarnoy 269
IndiaThompson-Balys
ChineseEberhard FFC CXX 56.

Within the index

Filed under Creation and condition of the stars.

2 finer motifs beneath it

Star-husband. Star takes mortal maiden as wife Mortal marries star-girl

Filed beside it

Stars created by creator Star from union of girl with peacock Ascent to stars. People or animals ascend to the sky and become stars Stars from objects thrown into sky Stars as pieces of the moon Naming the stars. The "Great Star" names the stars Origin of constellations Stars sing together Creation of the stars – miscellaneous

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